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The official answer key of NEET 2018, conducted on May 6, 2018, will be released tentatively in the last week of May 2018.

Only the answers as displayed on the official answer key of NEET 2018, will be considered for the calculation of final result. Official NEET Answer Key 2018 will help candidates to correctly determine the marks they are likely to score in the NEET.

NEET Question Papers 2018 – Released

All the test booklets of NEET 2018 will be in English and Hindi languages.

The question paper of NEET 2018 will also be available in a total of eleven languages, including Hindi, English and Urdu, along with other vernacular languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu and Kannada.

NEET 2018 Paper Analysis

NEET 2018 comprised of three subjects: Physics, chemistry, Biology (Botany & Zoology). Each subject had 45 questions and each question carried 4 marks with a penalty of 1 mark for every wrong answer. Candidates must be aware of the NEET Exam Pattern before appearing for the exam.

In this article, we have covered a detailed summary of NEET 2018 paper analysis so that candidates can assess the areas they need to pay more attention to.

NEET 2018 Paper Analysis: Physics

Physics had a total of 45 questions. The section was lengthy and included lengthy calculations. A lot of questions were asked from private publications and NCERT textbooks did not carry much weightage. This section was pretty balanced as per the NEET Syllabus and the important topics.

The difficulty level ranged from moderate to difficult as most of the concepts were not tough to solve but they included extensive calculations. Hence, this section tends to be lengthy.

Here is a weightage-wise dissection of the most important chapters in NEET 2018 Physics section

Chapter

Chapter-wise % Weightage

Mechanical Properties

11

Current Electricity

8.9

Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation

6.7

Magnetism & Moving Charges

6.7

Thermodynamics

6.7

Rigid Body Dynamics

6.7

Work, Energy and Power

6.7

NEET 2018 Paper Analysis: Chemistry

NEET chemistry section had 45 questions which was well balanced between organic and inorganic chemistry. Chemistry section was comparatively easier. Just like Physics, chemistry section also covered some questions beyond the NCERT textbook. However, the questions were pretty direct and thus, not such a hassle for students since they did not require much time. If one knew the formula well, then chemistry section was a no brainer.

Here are the chapters with most weightage in the chemistry section

Chapter

Chapter-wise % Weightage

Equillibrium

8.9

Basic Concepts

13

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

8.9

Chemical Bonding

6.7

Coordination Compounds

6.7

Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

4.4

Alkanes, Alkenes and Alkynes

6.7

NEET 2018 Paper Analysis: Biology

The biology section was divided into botany and zoology with 45 questions eeacheach for both. The biology section was of easy to moderate difficulty. The question paper gave equal weightage to Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus. In biology, the whole syllabus was important as it was evenly distributed in terms of important topics. Genetics and biotechnology were the toughest topics in NEET 2018.

Refer to the following table for a better understanding of the important topics in Biology.

Chapter

Chapter-wise % Weightage

Biological Classification

10

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

7.8

Morphology of Flowering Plants

6.7

Cell: The Unit of Life

6.7

Animal Kingdom

4.4

Reproduction

11

Display of NEET 2018 OMR Sheet

There is an opportunity for candidates to access their NEET OMR Sheet, from the CBSE’s official website. The OMR sheets would be published by CBSE on its website in the last week of May 2018. Candidates can check their OMR sheet with the help of following steps:

Candidates should download and save this OMR Sheet for future reference.

Challenging Official NEET Answer Key 2018

The announcement of official answer key will be done with publication of OMR sheet on official website. Once these are released, CBSE will allow the candidates to register their grievance (if any) with regards to the official answer keys through an answer key challenge procedure. Candidates would be allowed to submit their grievance only via online mode by submitting a fee of INR 1000 per question. The fee will be refunded only if the challenge is found to be correct. Challenging of answer is allowed only for a specific time period which will be notified by CBSE on its website.

Candidates must perform the following steps in case they want to challenge NEET 2018 official answer key.

Visit the official website of CBSE.

Fill the detailed form provided for this purpose on the website.

Mention all the answer for which you want to challenge the official answer key.

Upload the supporting document/documents and the required fee.

Click on submit.

After successful completion of document updating and fee payment process, a window will appear on the screen that would confirm the successful submission of the challenge.

Candidates should take a snapshot or printout of the screen displaying above message for future reference.

The entire procedure will be conductd online and no offline aplications for the same will be entertained.

How to Tally NEET 2018 Scores?

Candidates would be able to evaluate their scores by comparing their OMR Sheet and official answer key released by CBSE.

The answers can be tallied by comparing the answers marked in answer key with published answer key.

If the answer matches, candidate will be rewarded with 4 marks, whereas penalty of 1 mark will be levied for marking incorrect response.

Based on this, candidates will be able to get a rough idea of how much they will score in NEET 2018.

It is necessary for candidates to meet the minimum required cut off as released by CBSE. Once qualified, candidates will be called for NEET Counselling Process.